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Game Devs: Learn How to Make $$$ on Red Queen Gaming’s Marketplace

August 2, 2018

Red Queen Gaming, makers of a platform for digital tools that help gamers and videogame developers, want more devs to make tools on their marketplace — and make some moolah in the process. The way the platform will work is by having developers create “Runes,” or gameplay tools like stat trackers, heat maps or analysis […]

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He Will Not Rest

August 2, 2018

The passing of civic icon and Citizen Chairman Jeremy Nowak leaves a void for those who loved him and for the city he loved “Man plans, and God laughs.” That’s an old Jewish axiom that Jeremy Nowak—public intellectual, Philadelphia civic icon, and our Chairman here at The Citizen—liked to say. He’d chortle at the vicissitudes […]

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University City Science Center Names New President and CEO

July 30, 2018

Three months after being forced out as CEO of the investment firm Safeguard Scientifics, Stephen Zarrilli has been chosen to be the next president and CEO of the University City Science Center, starting October 1, the center announced Thursday. A member of the center’s board of directors since 2014, Zarrilli will assume the role almost a year after the former president […]

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Scenes From the 2nd Annual PHL Innovation Picnic

July 19, 2018

This year’s PHL Innovation Picnic pulled in more than 800 registrants from all across the Philadelphia region’s tech and innovation communities. As attendees celebrated the wins of Philly’s entrepreneurial ecosystem with games, food, drinks, music and fun, they also raised funds for some of the region’s most well-known tech and business education nonprofits. Picnic attendees […]

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America’s Robot Future: Rajant Celebrates New HQ, Plans For Growth

July 17, 2018

Is automation destroying familiar jobs, reducing drudge work, collecting more information than anyone expected, and opening opportunities? Yes, yes, yes, and yes, say Robert Schena and Paul Hellhake, founders of Rajant, a leader among Pennsylvania’s growing network of automation hardware and software firms. Several of them, including Rajant, are backed by the state-funded Ben Franklin […]

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